The Bistro

Someone had told me about this place a few months back and I thought French food nah, I was DEAD WRONG!! This place is amazing. The food was absolutely wonderful. I will go back forever. You must do brunch here you will thank me later!!! The savory creamy chicken crape was phenomenal! For dessert we had the strawberry one with Nutella. Trust me, it's amazing.

Please do yourself a favor and go to a different breakfast place. We just moved to this area and we were so excited to try a french breakfast place after looking at the good reviews online. The place looks beautiful but the customer service and food was so disappointing. We ordered two lattes, nutella crepes and ham and cheese creppe. The lattes were disgusting. On top of that the waitress spills half of one of the cups and did not bother to give another coffee or clean her mess. Overall, the bread and creppes were okay but nothing that you could not do at home. Again, , for the price that you pay here there are so many other options (Starbucks has this place beat hands down). Definitely not coming back. Very disappointing!

We happened upon this great little restaurant while looking for something different. It was such a great meal. The food was absolutely delicious. The French onion soup was truly the best I’ve ever eaten. Our entrees, Shrimp Provencale and Boeuf Bourguignon, were also so flavorful. The service was good and the restaurant was very clean. We will definitely go again to enjoy more of their ‘made from scratch’ cuisine!

We read that this place was in trouble because the pandemic, and went there to collaborate helping small business that are struggling these days. Well... We realized, that is not the case of this place, the are struggling because their service!! We were starving, so we ordered soups to be able to wait the rest of the food and it took over THIRTY MINUTES to bring the soup, soup that is already done!! After that it took another 20 minutes to have the rest of the order (crepes) which were ordered at the same time that we ordered the soups!!! We were 4 tables in the whole place and some of them were already eating, so it wasn't because they were busy. It was definitely disappointing and frustrating been there. We won't come back. The food it's ok, but just to think how long it would take to wait, it's a no no for us. Also, has signs that they have baby changing tables in both restrooms and it's not true!

I so much wanted to love The French Gourmet Bistro. Unfortunately after my first dinner there, I left completely underwhelmed. Great first impression as we were immediately greeted when we arrived and shown to a table. There was live music happening and it was very pleasant and at a level so that you could easily converse at your table without the music interfering. Besides our table, there were only four other tables with diners, so it wasn’t very busy for the couple of waiters. Our waiter was friendly but wish he had come around to check in a bit and was better about refilling our waters. My low rating for The French Gourmet Bistro is due to my disappointment with food. One of my favorite crepes is a Caprese. Pesto, mozzarella, fresh tomato, & fresh basil. It’s perfection, I’m telling you! Well that’s exactly what was listed on the menu, so I ordered it and was all excited. It came and looked wonderful, & I took a picture. I started at one end and the crepe was nice and crisp at the edge and thin and had nice spring. The cheese was warm and somewhat melted, tomato was room temperature and I wished they had been more ripe. I didn’t taste any pesto or basil, so I went in a little deeper and took another bite, and still nothing, so I opened up the crepe to find that two of the four fillings were missing. It took a while to catch our waiter’s eye, but when I told him that the crepe was missing the basil and pesto, he quickly said he’d get it fixed. And he was quick, as moments later he returned with my original plate now decorated with cold pesto, instead of having it warm and in the crepe, and he that the Chef said that the dried parsley that came on the crepe originally, is basil. Nope, I may not be a chef, but I sure as heck know the difference between parsley and basil, thank you very much! I gave it a try and with the cold pesto squirted on top, it just wasn’t pleasant. I politely told our waiter that it was disappointing and wasn’t working for me and he removed it from the table and the bill. For dessert, our waiter highly recommend the lemon cheesecake, so I tried it, and wish I hadn’t. The only thing with any flavor was the lemon frosting. The cheesecake itself was dry and tasteless, and the crust was almost as thick as the cheesecake layer, and it too was tasteless, dry and just yuk! My decaf bombon was good, so at least a good coffee to end the evening.

Bathrooms: Extremely clean Parking: There was ample parking at this restaurant. Food appearance: The food was presented well. I attached pictures of the food we ordered. Food taste: The food tasted amazing. The duck that I ordered was cooked to perfection and full of flavor. Price: I think the price was on a bit on the high side for some items. Look at the attached picture of the menu. Staff: Our waitress was new, but attended to us well. Ambiance: For the price you pay for food, I expected the interior to be more upper class. However, we did not get this feeling while dining here. The only reason why I did not give this place a 5 star review is the fact that we had dirty silverware. Upon complaining about this, our waitress got us clean silverware.

A mixed bag really. The service was fine; nothing spectacular but certainly not lacking. My eggs benedict was luke warm at best and the portion was tiny. However, the eggs were beautifully poached. The ham was okay, as was the baguette, though the latter didn't taste fresh at all. The coffee crepe was lovely, though. I would give it another shot.